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"A. T. BALLANTVINB.

LUBRIGATOR.'

Patented. Feb. il, 1896.

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER T. BALLANTINE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DOMESTIFROID COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LUBRICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,105, dated February 4, 1896.

Application lled September 19, 1895. Serial No. 562,994. (No model.)

To all wil/0m t may concern:

Beit known that I, ALEXANDER T. BALLAN- TINE, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oiling Devices, of which the following is a speciieation.

My invention consists in an improved oiling device for the bearings and journals of machinery, intended to automatically supply oil to a number of different bearings from a single oil-cup.

Figure l is an elevation of my improved device with the ratchet-wheel partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section at right angles with Fig. l.` Fig. 3 is a section ol' the rotating oil-channel C. Fig. is a top plan view of the wheel connected with said oil-channel, and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the compartment vessel with oil-pipes leading therefrom.

A represents a vessel divided into a number of compartments a by partitions d, each compartment a having an outlet connected with a pipe R, leading to a point where oil is desired. Vessel A is supported on a bracket at any convenient point of the machine, and I ordinarily make a hole in the depending stem of said vessel for a supporting-pin, as shown in Fig. 2.

B represents a yoke rising from vessel A, upon which is supported a post B. Post B is provided with a central bore from end to end, the lower part of said bore being smaller than the upper part for convenience, though A this is not necessary, and is provided with a hollow arm G, which connects with the stern of areeeptacle foroil, of any convenient form or size.

F represents a valve-seat in the lower part of the post B', below the opening in arm G.

E represents a wheel j ournaled on the lower end of post B and held in position by a collar on the lower end of said post, and C represents an inclined channel secured to wheel E and extending' across the bore in post B', its lower end being over or nearly over the line of outlets in compartments d.

c represents a series of pins or teeth in the upper end of wheel E, there being as many of these pins as there are compartments a in vessel A.

H represents a valve placed in the bore of post B and adapted to close valve-seat F when at its lowest position and to lift wholly or partly above the opening in arm G when raised. Valve II is provided near its upper end with a lug I, extending out through a slot in post B.

L represents a ratchet-wheel loosely journaled on a boss O on post B', and P represents an arm loosely journaled on said boss O and extending downward, so as to be connected with any moving part of the machine.

K represents a pawl pivoted on lug J on post B', and Q represents a pawl pivoted on lever P, the pawl K being for the purpose of preventing rotation of the ratchet-wheel L to the left, Fig. l, and pawl Q being for the purpose of engaging lever P with said ratchetwheel, so as to turn said wheel to the right of the lever, the ratchet-wheels and pawls being an ordinary step-by-step motion, not requiring more especial description.

M represents a cam secured to wheel L near its periphery, and N represents a pin projecting inward from .wheel L, the pin N forming a convenient mode of attaching cam M to wheel L, though they may be separate if desired.

The operation of my in vention is as follows: Assuming an oil-cup to be connected with arm G and lever P to be connected at its lower end with a moving piece of machinery and the pipes R to be connected to the journals to be oiled, the lever P as it vihrates turns ratchet-wheelL step by step to the right, Fig. l. Valve H prevents any flow of oil from the oil-cup until such time as thecam M comes in contact with the under side of lug I, and thereby raises said valve, permitting oil to iiow into and through valve-seat F, and the continuing advance of cam M permits valve 'H to drop and shut oft any further flow of oil.`

The oil which has passed through valve-seat F falls into inclined channel C and drops into that compartment CL over which the end of the channel C happens to be. The continuing advance of wheel L brings pin N in contact with one of the pins 'or teeth e and turns wheel E through a part of a revolution, carrying channel C over the next compartment a, where it remains stationary until valve Il IOO is again lifted and a fresh supply of oil furnished to said channel C.

It is evident that the operation of this device furnishes a regulated quantity of oil to each compartment a in succession, that the quantity of oil fed may be regulated by rai .ing o1' lowering lug I on valve J by means of the screw-thread shown in Fig'. 2, so as to increase or diminish the lift of said valve, and that the machine will continue operating automatically so long as the lever I is 'kept in motion and any oil remains in the oil-cup.

W'hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

tary motion to said channel and a series of oil deliver57 compartments, corresponding' with the position of said rotary channel, sul)- stantally as shown and described.

ALEXANDER T. ALLANTINE.

Vitnesses:

JAMES T. SARGENT, A. B. CALHOUN. 

